"One of the reasons we're seeing such an increase in SQL injections is actually sort of what we've dubbed the 'industrialization' of hacking," says Brian Contos, chief security strategist for Imperva. "It's this notion of smart SQL injections leveraging things like Google searches, automation through bots, and various other technologies to carry out sophisticated, automated attacks."
SQL injection attacks are generally carried out by typing malformed SQL commands into front-end Web application input boxes that are tied to database accounts in order to trick the database into offering more access to information than the developer intended.
Part of the reason for such a huge rise in SQL injection during the past year to 18 months is the fact that criminals are increasingly using automated SQL injection attacks powered by botnets to hit vulnerable systems, Contos says. They use the attacks to both steal information from databases and to inject malicious code into these databases as a means to perpetrate further attacks.
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